Inside Retail

JANUARY 12, 2022

Foot traffic is down in CBDs and shopping centres as consumers return to working from home. We then struggle to get deliveries and stock, as their workers are also in isolation. At some stage, we do need to return to normal, and we must live through the impacts, so we can get to the other side. It goes on and on.

Dead-Stock 264

Dead-Stock Drop-Shipping Outdoor Returns 264

Retalon

AUGUST 14, 2023

For executives in planning and merchandising roles, this leads to sleepless nights and the nagging feeling there must be a better way. Powerful analytics help you optimize stock levels to drive sales, improve margins, and increase customer satisfaction. This visibility enables you to identify and correct issues with dead stock.

Inventory Management 41

Inventory Management Management Dead-Stock Inventory Turnover 41

Rangeme

DECEMBER 16, 2021

As contingency plans, more executives are finding new vendor partners and sourcing domestically to keep their supply chains closer to home. Retail workers are quitting at record rates for higher-paying work: ‘My life isn’t worth a dead-end job.’ Out-of-stocks. 4 Krashinsky Robertson, Susan and Matt Lundy. The Globe and Mail.

Dead-Stock 52

Dead-Stock Shipping Beauty and Health Inventory Turnover 52

Retalon

APRIL 21, 2021

Maintaining margins within business constraints while efficiently providing order fulfillment to customers is a tall order, especially considering each customer purchase requires a real-time fulfillment decision within a shifting context of inventory, demand, returns, delivery times, and shipping costs. Will you deny returns at a store level?

Fulfillment 41

Fulfillment Drop-Shipping Shipping Returns 41

Retalon

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

You’ve heard it referred to as, overstocks, write-offs, dead-stock, excess, spoiled, expired, and unsold. Last minute markdowns that offload stock at a loss. There is constant manual intervention, this may be transferring inventory between stores or ordering new stock. What is bad inventory called day-to-day?

Inventory Turnover 41

Inventory Turnover Management Inventory Management Dead-Stock 41

Retalon

DECEMBER 22, 2014

The marketing and loyalty department provide consumer/promotion data, the POS system provides sales/returns data. How much extra inventory should be ordered for planned promotions? What is the optimal pricing/markdown strategy to sell off inventory by end of season while a staying away from lost sales, and dead inventory?

Dead-Stock 32

Dead-Stock Promotions Fulfillment Markdowns 32

Retalon

DECEMBER 22, 2014

The marketing and loyalty department provide consumer/promotion data, the POS system provides sales/returns data. How much extra inventory should be ordered for planned promotions? What is the optimal pricing/markdown strategy to sell off inventory by end of season while a staying away from lost sales, and dead inventory?

Dead-Stock 32

Dead-Stock Promotions Fulfillment Markdowns 32